Chinese envoy calls on Syrian parties to reach political solution

Xinhua, November 11, 2015
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China will participate in the
second round of the expanded international talks on the Syrian
crisis in Vienna Saturday, calling for a political solution to
ending Syria's four-year civil war, a Chinese envoy said
Tuesday.

"We are at a critical moment of
stepping up efforts to achieve a political solution of the Syrian
crisis," Liu Jieyi, China's permanent representative to the UN,
told Xinhua at the Security Council stakeout.

"There is no other solution than a
political solution," Liu said. "It is imperative that various
Syrian sides conduct, under the auspices of the United Nations,
comprehensive, inclusive dialogue and consultations on an equal
footing."

He also called on Syrian parties to
"come up with an early agreement on the specific arrangements for
the political solution of the Syrian crisis based on the Geneva
Communique."

Stressing that "China has
consistently supported and worked for such a political solution,"
the envoy noted that "the first Vienna meeting at the ministerial
level on the Syrian question" is a positive development.

"We will continue to support the
second ministerial meeting in Vienna and we hope that this meeting
will carry forward the political process of seeking a solution by
diplomatic means through negotiations of the Syrian issue," he
said.

The Syrian Civil War started in
2011 between the president-led government forces and some radical
opposition groups such as the al-Nusra Front and Islamic State.

The first Vienna meeting was held
on Oct. 30, and 20 top diplomats from world and regional powers
attended. Endi